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| Terror alert cleared at Eiffel Tower after bomb threat |
| 2013-03-31 |
| [FOXNEWS] A terror alert at the Eiffel Tower has been cleared after the monument was evacuated Saturday when an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat. It's cheaper to make the call than it is to actually plant the bomb. A Gay Paree police official said Saturday that nearly 1,400 people were evacuated following a request from tower operators after the warning Saturday. Police then searched the monument with sniffer dogs for possible explosives, and set up a broad security perimeter. French authorities have stepped up counterterrorism measures in recent weeks amid heightened concern about threats to La Belle France over its military campaign against Al Qaeda-linked fighters in Mali which began more than two months ago. The tower is occasionally evacuated because of such warnings -- at least once last year and twice in 2011. The 1,063-foot tower is one of the world's top tourist attractions, with millions of visitors a year. |
| Posted by:Fred |